‘Nothing but drama’: Harbhajan Singh slams Pakistan's T20 World Cup boycott of India clash

NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has taken a crisp excavation astatine Pakistan’s determination to boycott its Group A clash against India successful the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, calling it an “unnecessary play to mislead people.

” The Pakistan authorities granted conditional support for its squad to enactment successful the tourney but barred them from taking the tract against India.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Begani Shadi mei abdullah deewana… Pakistan authorities has said that their squad volition enactment successful the T20 World Cup but volition not play against India. There is perfectly nary logic to this. This is the aforesaid Pakistan authorities and the aforesaid PCB that, aft immoderate time, volition accidental that the quality was really Bangladesh's, the ICC imposed the ban, and we were acceptable to play and resoluteness the issue.

This is thing but a implicit play being created to mislead people.

They are trying to task that we basal with Bangladesh,” Harbhajan said connected his YouTube channel.

The ICC confirmed that the T20 World Cup volition proceed arsenic scheduled, with Bangladesh’s matches to beryllium held successful India, and aboriginal announced Scotland arsenic a replacement squad aft Bangladesh refused to enactment nether the published schedule.Harbhajan questioned Pakistan’s priorities, adding: “You whitethorn accidental you enactment Bangladesh, but what person you thought astir the radical successful your ain state who privation an India-Pakistan lucifer to happen? When the ICC voting took spot connected Bangladesh’s request, it was rejected by a 14–2 margin. Australia, England, South Africa and respective different countries were portion of that vote. So wherefore are you unnecessarily picking a combat implicit this issue, and what precisely bash you basal to summation from it?”

The erstwhile off-spinner besides highlighted Pakistan’s treble standards, referencing revenue-driven matches contempt governmental tensions.

“Fair enough, if you don’t privation to come, past don’t. India besides doesn’t spell to your state — just enough. But this lucifer was astatine a neutral venue. Some clip ago, during the Asia Cup, the lucifer inactive took spot due to the fact that determination was gross involved. You were not consenting to springiness that up.”Harbhajan concluded with a pointed warning: “It’s imaginable sanctions were imposed connected you, and it’s besides imaginable that successful the aboriginal you whitethorn not get the accidental to big immoderate ICC tournament. Let’s spot whether you really person the courageousness to basal by your decision, oregon whether this was conscionable a changeable successful the dark.”